δρόμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *drem- (to run) + -ος (-os); cognate with Sanskrit द्राति (drā́ti, to run), द्रम् (drámati, to run); Proto-Germanic *tradō (way, track, spoor). Related to δραμεῖν (drameîn), a suppletive aorist of τρέχω (trékhō, to run).[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    δρόμος • (drómosm (genitive δρόμου); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)

    1. race, running
    2. racetrack
    3. course, path
      • 93/94, Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 1, 31, in Henry St. John Thackeray (tr. & ed.), Josephus with an English translation, vol. 4 (Jewish Antiquities, books I–IV), LCL, pages 14-17. Translation by Thackeray.
        τῇ τετάρτῃ δὲ διακοσμεῖ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἡλίῳ καὶ σελήνῃ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἄστροις κινήσεις αὐτοῖς ἐπιστείλας καὶ δρόμους, οἷς ἂν αἱ τῶν ὡρῶν περιφοραὶ σημαίνοιντο.
        tēî tetártēi dè diakosmeî tòn ouranòn hēlíōi kaì selḗnēi kaì toîs állois ástrois kinḗseis autoîs episteílas kaì drómous, hoîs àn hai tôn hōrôn periphoraì sēmaínointo.
        On the fourth he adorned the heaven with sun and moon and the other stars, prescribing their motions and courses to indicate the revolutions of the seasons.

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    Descendants

    • Byzantine Greek:
    • English: -drome
    • English: dromos
    • French: -drome
    • Italian: dromos
    • Italian: dromo
    • Latin: dromus
    • Translingual: Chersodromia

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “δρόμος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 354-5

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    Greek

    Etymology

      Inherited from Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos), from Proto-Indo-European *drem- + Ancient Greek -ος (-os)..

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈðɾo.mos/
      • Hyphenation: δρό‧μος

      Noun

      δρόμος • (drómosm (plural δρόμοι)

      1. roadway, road, street, way
      2. journey

      Declension

      Declension of δρόμος
      singular plural
      nominative δρόμος (drómos) δρόμοι (drómoi)
      genitive δρόμου (drómou) δρόμων (drómon)
      accusative δρόμο (drómo) δρόμους (drómous)
      vocative δρόμε (dróme) δρόμοι (drómoi)

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      Descendants

      • Albanian: drom
      • Romanian: drum
      • Serbo-Croatian: drum